The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-06

IcR thinning out.
CLsAR and pleasant
BUsINEss played cut.
RIVER falling slowly.
No BOATS at the wharf last night.
THEIRS were no arrivals yesterday.
NAVIGATION will be fully resumed
BY Monday.
The Joe Peters will probably come
over to the landing today and disehaTge her
eaTgo.
IHR United States snsyboat o. G..
Wagner is at Yitksbura receiving n now
cylinder head.
TIE Granite Stats ia the next boat
Of the Memphis and Cincinnati Packet Line
TO leave hero for Cincinnati.
The Mississippi rose 8 inches yester-
day Mt 81, Louis. 1t was probably caused by
the back water, dae TO tho ice gorge beow
that city.
The rivera are frozen over at Daven-
port, Dubuque, Fort Smith, Keokuk, La
Crosse, eayenworth, Little Rock, Omaha
and st Paul,
The eide dock Big Mary, which was
brought up several days ago, TO be placed
under the James Los, had tho landing all
10 itself last night.
The ice on the river ve'terday was
very hight. and 1t was running out RAPIDLY.
within the next two days thoro vii, he little
or no ice in the river, and IL IL safe to say
that navigation will be iully resumed by
Monday next.
Tue CITY OF Cairo left ViCksburg on
Tuesday for this port, and shO will arrive
here tomorrow. che Is announced 10 leave
here SaturdayeVeuing fer Vioksburg. Capt.
Ad Storm is receiving freight for her on the
elevator.
A PRIVATE telegram received yester-
day evening stated that the ID. II. Powell
lett Arkansas City yesterday en- her way to
morrow. The Powell will 40 on through 10
Cairo. Capt. STERN is her agent.
JAMEs HALL, the engineer Of the
government towboat II. NJ. Graham, whs
was injured on that boat noar Plum Point
about a week ago, died yesterday moTniu Y nj
the Marine Hospital. lie leaves wife TO
mourn his loss.
THE Kate Adams left Arkansas City
yesterday a. noon and should arrive here
this evening, bat as sha has n groat many
until mo ming. 10 is more than probable
that she will return 10 Arkansas City tOmor-
row evening.
THE Ohio, which has been laid up
hero several days, left last night for Gin oin-
natl with 800 bales Of cotton, 80 tons Of rail-
road iron, so tons Of missells neous freight
and good list Of passengers. She also tOoh
tho mail and will stop Mt all way points.
Her oiiicere expect 70 make Cairo by noon to-
morrow.
Mr.. A. l.. BANNING, who for num-
Der Of years WINS chief olerk of the Rene Ma
cready and other of eur local packets, has
accepted tho position OF bookkeoper for tho
Memphis Sctn'iiur. ''Bort'e" is clever and
accommodating, and GENTLEMAN IN every
sense Of the elm. He Is we'll qualified 70
Eli the position.
ST. LOUIS Republican The princi.
pal objection to tho construction Of n low
bridge at tho Chain is thAt, having only one
open span Tor navigation, 10 10 always liable
10 bo obstruot0d from he constantly chang.
ing character of the channel. IL is well
known that every foot OF rise or tall in the
hiaht of the river produces q core pom ding
variation in the current, hence, unless the
current from the point Of rocks Mt tho Oh ain
to and below the bridge 10 rendered abso-
injury - tho river, but If 1t can be shown
that such permanency can DO secured at q
IN ldeTate expense, then tho principal Objeo-
ton is emOyed.
In the laat twelve years the Anchor
Line have lost by fre and sinking eleven
steam boats, Dnmely; Cap tai City aud City
oil tnotloIs OuTutu ~ mNmpuldi Jhmeb
Howard and W. Halliday, burned ut St,
Loui, wharf; City of NicksbufR, sunk ut
Ashport; Gold Dust, exploded at Hickman ;
City of Helena, burned ut Memphis; City OF
Greenville, sunk in collision with the
Laura Lee nbove New Oleans; tho City of
Bayou Sara, burned / New Madrid, and the
City of Matches, burned NJ Caro-, II is TN
der TODD the company DO not take marine
risks 90 their property, and insure against
FIRE only, by which means, IL il said, they
have saved s,nco the organization Of the
company, more than enough to pay for all
the boats lost.
A CAIRO rpeoial, da cd January 4th,
says: The mercury weat down 10 L below
zero la niRht Nav CATION is suspended 10
the Oho o, although several boat have started
up in hopes Of reaching tho mouth OF the
Tennessee river. Hugs sections Of leo coy
ring twO-thi ds If the river are floating in
tho Ohio. Tho Missi.sipui has frozen solid
seven inches thi k. PEDESTRIANS are CROSS
ing ia inrge numbers channels have been
cut in tho old ius through which the rail
road transtnr b0at' are maxi or gular trips
to Birds P0int ino,ines, Tha Gus Fowler
laid up at Padloah About fifty bales o. cot
ton, caught by Il hermen from tho barge
wreck and landed h ave beon received by the
Insurance companies. The anchor Limo
feet, moorod here on the Cairo shore, will
not be removed from IT'S p esont safe posi-
ton. Tho Va Icy Company will load barge
here tomorrow for New Orleans.